AirBnB disaster in SF: "customer" get legal possession of unit!

[Johann Jells]

A "customer" who turned out to be another owner in the building rented the apartment via AirBnB under a false name and after being there more than 30 days gets legal possession of the rental under SF law and cannot be evicted. 

Sharing Economy, meet People's Republic of San Francisco!

http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/most-b...

[Account Closed]

I kind of feel for the neighbors of a condo that people use as a full time airbnb rental. Would you want new neighbors every week or every month who have no interest in the neighborhood or community or building good neighborly relations? If I buy a condo I don't expect the building to turn into a hotel. Rent control on the other hand, is just a bad idea. It does nothing to control housing costs and just entitles a few people who happen to have moved in earlier at the expense of everyone else because the price of the rest of the units goes up.